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Bicycles Rule
2006 Student Internship Bicycles still rule the streets in China. Despite the proliferation of luxury cars and fuel-cell buses in the capital city, they still remain the fastest and most efficient method of getting across town. The major arteries of Beijing have wide lanes reserved for bicycles...
Sentinels
2006 Student Internship - The ubiquitous construction in the capital city is representative of the country’s rapid economic progress marked by a 9% annual increase in GDP. Air pollution is also a trademark of Beijing, which ranks second only to Mexico City as the world’s most polluted. During...
Drying Fish For Sale on the Mainland
2006 Student Internship Bazaruto Island, Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Mozambique James Leslie Internship Host: WWF, Peru & Mozambique
Use Attainability Analysis Fieldwork in Missouri
2006 Student Internship As part of my summer internship at Tetra Tech, I was sent out for some field work in Missouri to conduct a Use Attainability Analysis on watersheds throughout Missouri as part of a contract with EPA. Tetra Tech is the largest U.S. consulting firm in treatment,...
Cleaning Fish After The Morning’s Catch
2006 Student Internship Bazaruto Island, Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Mozambique James Leslie Internship Host: WWF, Peru & Mozambique
Cleaner Stoves for Traditional Mexican Cooking
2006 Student Internship Each year, indoor smoke kills almost 2 million people worldwide - more than malaria. Yet, in rural Mexico, most families still use indoor, open wood fires for cooking. Researchers at the Grupo Interdisciplinario de Tecnologia Rural Apropriada (GIRA) have combined...Why Climate Change Belongs on the Front Burner in the Business World
Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, discusses the emerging importance of climate change to major corporations, investors, shareholders, etc. Video (48 minutes).Losing Land: Underlying Geologic and Anthropomorphic Vulnerabilities of the Louisiana Coast Revealed By Geodetic Studies
Dr. Roy Dokka, Director of Louisiana Spatial Reference Center, and the Center for GeoInformatics, Louisiana State University
Participatory Approaches to Ecological Restoration Projects in Rural Communities: Case Studies from Mexico and Argentina
A forum exploring participatory approaches to restoration and rural development in tropical lands, that actively engage local farmers from the beginning to ensure their long-term commitment to the project. Thursday, September 28, 2006 Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. New Haven, Connecticut 4:00...Alligators, Muskrats, Oil, Hurricanes and People: The Changing Louisiana Coastal Landscape
Dr. Don Davis, Research Professor, Louisiana Applied Oil Spill Research and Development Program, Louisiana State University Louisiana’s sea-level citizens have learned to live and adapt to subsidence, sea-level rise, hurricane-induced storm surges, and coastal land loss/erosion. These...Video: Eileen Claussen
Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, spoke at the school on the state and national policy response to climate change science. 45 minutes.
Environment School Scientist Receives NIH Award to Study Relationship Between Ozone and Disease
A Yale environment school professor is one of eight scientists to receive an Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) award from the National Institutes of Health. Michelle Bell, assistant professor of environmental health at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, will receive...
Recent Lecture: Mary Evelyn Tucker
A video on environmental crises and the role of religion in fashioning solutions. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. 47 minutes.
Impact of Forest Certification in Developing Countries Examined
A market-based system intended to protect global forests is struggling to take root in developing countries, according to a recently published Yale book. Confronting Sustainability: Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries, published by the Yale School of Forestry &...Seen An Inconvenient Truth — Now What?
Sage Hall Bowers Auditorium 205 Prospect St. New Haven, CT Eban Goodstein, Professor of Economics, Lewis & Clark College, and organizer of Focus the Nation: A Global Warming Educational Initiative (www.focusthenation.org/test.html) Goodstein’s talk is sponsored by the Yale F&ES Project...
Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas
Order a Print Copy This is the English language version of a book published in two languages. > en Espanol
Confronting Sustainability: Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries
Benjamin Cashore et al., eds. Order a print copy
Global Perspectives on Large Dams
From fish extinction, dam collapse and community displacement to hydropower, agricultural development and flood protection, discuss and learn why so many dams are coming down and going up around the world. Join us on November 3-5, 2006 for “Global Perspectives on Large Dams,” a conference...
Forest Stand Dynamics Course
An intensive one-week, mid-career course examining how forest stands grow, from individual tree architecture and growth, to how stands respond to disturbances and silvicultural manipulations. Application of stand dynamics to silvicultural practices and prescriptions will be viewed through studies...
F&ES Latin America and the Caribbean Network
Welcome to the network for F&ES alumni and alumnae, faculty and current students with professional ties to Latin America and the Caribbean! People & Organizations | Alumni/ae | Events | Posts People & Organizations Everybody in the F&ES community is free to join the network. If you want...Prestigious Yale Prize Awarded to Recent Graduate
John Tuxill, who received a Ph.D. from Yale's environment school last December, has been awarded Yale’s prestigious John Addison Porter Prize for his dissertation, “Agrarian Change and Crop Diversity in Mayan Milpas of Yucatan, Mexico: Implications for In Situ Conservation.” ...Critic of U.N. Environmental Program Offers Plan for Its Reform
In 2002, Klaus Toepfer, then executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said, “The state of the environment tells us whether our policies and programs are effective.” The state of the world’s environment, by most measures, is in decline – climate change is...Yale to Offer ‘Green’ Building Design and Development Program
A new advanced-degree program that puts a “green” spin on architectural design will be offered at Yale University in the fall. “Few universities are in a position to do this better than Yale,” said Robert Stern, dean of the Yale School of Architecture. “The long leadership traditions...Study Finds No Safe Level for Ozone
Even at very low levels, ozone – the principal ingredient in smog – increases the risk of premature death, according to a nationwide study that was published in the April issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The study, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
